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Organization:
Location: Local Volunteering (in person)
Address:
Post Office Box 344
Kasoa - AWutu Senya, Central Region, 00233
Ghana
Great For: Great for Families, Great for Groups, Great for Seniors, Great for Teens
Service Area(s): Health and Medicine, Directly Serving People, Worship/Music/Choir, Teaching, Social Services, Management, Education
Hourly Commitment:
5
Commitment is per:
Day
Number of Positions:
56
Number of Volunteers in this
Position in the Past Year:
5
One-time / Ongoing Position:

Description

We provide nursing internships in partnership with the Ghana Health Service (Awutu Senya District). Interns are assigned to specific hospitals or health institutions where they will have the opportunity to attend to different types of patient treatments, provide counseling and work alongside medical professionals. This helps the interns gain a deeper understanding of the global health differences.

Your role as a nurse intern will allow you to have regular interaction with patients and medical procedures. This position gives interns the chance to assist in different health delivery services including working with individual patients, recording patient data, physical exams, diagnosis, routine vaccinations, baby care, minor surgical operations, mental counseling services, assisting medical doctors in consultancy services, and many other issues which pertain to public health.

This is an opportunity to gain knowledge in different areas in the health sector and to effectively apply classroom knowledge to practical real-life situations and gain a deeper understanding in global health. The internship will allow you to shadow qualified nurses and other medical professionals within the hospital or health institution environment, and broaden both your theoretical and practical learning experience in the nursing field.

An intern can also become involved in our various community projects including HIV/AIDS, Malaria and Tuberculosis campaigns, basic health education to the public and local schools, and free medical consultancies to the villages. Interns may further assist in various research projects into certain prevailing diseases within the rural communities and finding lasting solutions..

Requirements:
you must be a medical student or pursuing a course that require medical health internships...

Requirements

you must be a medical student or pursuing a course that require medical health internships...

Do you require that volunteers for this position be Christian?

No

Organizational Statement of Faith:

No

Language


English

Group Minimum and Maximum


5 - 30

Short Term Mission Trip Details

Additional Details:


Visit our website at www.cheerfulheartsfoundation.org to readmore about this position. or copy this link and paste in your browser http://cheerfulheartsfoundation.org/internship_nursing.php

Region


Western Africa

This cost includes:


1.Pre-Departure Handbook (Details on everything you need to know about your arrival to Ghana)
2.Airport transfers from Accra airport (Pick Up and Drop Off)
3.Rent and Accommodation throughout your stay
4.Breakfast and Supper throughout your stay
5.Utility bills (extra Electricity, Water and Gas)
6.Compensation to host family
7.Orientation transportation and tours (first three days of arrival to familiarize yourself with the community you serve)
8.Day Tour to the capital city, Accra (seeing the major sights such as Independence Square, National Theatre, Arts and Cultural Center, Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park)
9.Continual assistance and contact from members of CHF staff
10.24/7 Emergency Support
11.Cover of small administration costs of organizing your placement
Opportunity Date(s): Start Date:  
06/14/2011

End Date:  
06/13/2012

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